New Kid on the Eckington Block

In an attempt to focus on other things besides nightly shootings around my block, I bring you info on what I served at my house. I had a dea...

I messed up, therefore you save. Last weekend i measured my 2nd bedroom, i didnt write down the measurements, and went to the store. Purchas...

A friend of mine is headed to Sri Lanka for the next year. To mark this farewell, I invited her, and our friends J and J over for dinner la...

I want to preface this story by mentioning the purpose of this blog is not to focus on the negatives; Crime, doom and gloom. I love living...

As I readied for bed this evening, there was quite a chain of events. At about 1130, there was a string of about 6 shots. While this isn...

Some of you may have read my last post about a fraudulent check scam that bit me. That part is shame on them. Now it is shame on me for fall...

I have been doing my best to be a good neighbor, and a part of the neighborhood. As part of that, I have been friendly to my neighbors all ...

The Fan Cost Index , Now in its 14th year, it tracks what a typical family of 4 might purchase at a game, tracks the cost, provides the for ...

I have the pleasure of travelling daily through a zone patrolled by speed cameras. I dont particularly mind the camera, as it isnt difficult...

Over the next week, I will have a houseguest. This will be a great way to see what it will be like to have someone living with me in the ho...

From the MPD: Last night there was a homicide in the 2000 block of 3rd Street N.E. There was an arrest for Carrying a Pistol Without a Licen...

One reader has asked about transportation around Eckington, specifically from RI Ave Metro. I have not used that metrorail station, and thus...

Hope all of you had a wonderful Easter. It was a great weekend for working in the yard and garden. I spend the majority of the time weeding...

A $350,000 project approved by the D.C. Council last week will hire and train homeless and low-income District residents to clean the U Stre...

As mentioned last week, there was an article written about the St. Martin's project in the Washington Post. The article was a bit sensat...

Interesting article on proposed development, and neighborhood activism against it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006...

Here are just a few random things for this am: -My yard is a disaster. Have been trying to plant grass seed in the barespot in the front ya...

This is a non-eckington post, but I have to divulge a little bit of information about myself. I am a baseball fan. The grand game that is pa...

Many of you were as shocked as I was to hear that an elementary school student had brought a loaded gun to Emery Elementary school in Ecking...

Below is the text of the Washington Post article on the battle between St. Martin's proposed development, and (us) the concerned residen...